The Green and red components were captured separately using lower-energy x-ray exposures.

What it reveals is a pulsar wind nebula. The shattered core of the dying star remains as a pulsar (designated PSR B1509-58), spinning a jet of particles into space as it rotates once every seven seconds. While it cannot be seen in the above image, it is located near the centre of the bright white spot.

As these particles collide with nearby magnetic fields, they begin to glow in the x-ray spectrum.

The red cloud at the fingertips is a separate interstellar structure called RCW 89. The pulsar’s wind may be heating the cloud to produce the low-energy X-ray glow.

But perhaps there’s another reason we shouldn’t read too much into these colourful clouds in the night sky.

After all, what would a divine being be telling us in the image below?